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Work funded higher eduction

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  • watpoae
    watpoae Posts: 99 Forumite
    As you obviously have no sense of responsibility for having accepted public funding for your degree and are now planning to renege on your agreement to remain in the sector, I hope you do leave and go elsewhere. The public sector can do without unscrupulous people like you!

    Thanks for that. Situations do change in life you know.
  • SarEl
    SarEl Posts: 5,683 Forumite
    KiKi wrote: »
    I wouldn't have known that, actually! :D I'd work on the basis that not everyone will use mat leave, for eg, just as not everyone will use a professional sponsorship. But I would assume that all the T&Cs in the handbook apply to anyone who *does* take them, and that any financial penalties incurred would be part of that.

    So now I've learnt something. :)
    KiKi

    I thought you'd know that - you are usually rather spot on with these things :) Certain things are enshrined in law - so maternity leave is, and even contractual agreements are "statutory +". If your employer "loans you money", however that debt is incurred, then they must have a signed agreement of some form because they have no statutory obligation to make that "loan". With pay it is different - there is a statutory obligation to pay your employee, not just a contractual one, and therefore the law accepts that mistakes can happen and doesn't require the same signed agreement for a deduction.
  • KiKi
    KiKi Posts: 5,381 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    SarEl wrote: »
    I thought you'd know that - you are usually rather spot on with these things :)

    Well, I'll take that as a compliment. ;)

    My stint in ER was relatively short - I've lived the vast majority of my HR days in HRD, performance, leadership development and training. Most of my ER learning comes from this site and some voluntary work I do...!

    But thanks for the explanation - that makes sense. :)
    KiKi
    ' <-- See that? It's called an apostrophe. It does not mean "hey, look out, here comes an S".
  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    watpoae wrote: »
    Thanks for that. Situations do change in life you know.

    Of course they do, although you haven't mentioned that in your case.
  • watpoae
    watpoae Posts: 99 Forumite
    Of course they do, although you haven't mentioned that in your case.

    Oh, I do apologise. Unfortunately I didn't feel the need to type up my life story in order to get the answers to my questions.

    Don't be so quick to judge or presume.
  • SarEl
    SarEl Posts: 5,683 Forumite
    watpoae wrote: »
    Oh, I do apologise. Unfortunately I didn't feel the need to type up my life story in order to get the answers to my questions.

    Don't be so quick to judge or presume.

    I'm sorry. But you were quick to "judge" and "presume" that your personal view of the employer made some difference to your situation, which is why you added a whole load of stuff that had no relevance to a query about a legal agreement that you signed and went into with your eyes wide open. Isn't it calling the kettle back to suggest that others shouldn't have some comment on it?
  • KiKi wrote: »
    Well, I'll take that as a compliment. ;)

    My stint in ER was relatively short - I've lived the vast majority of my HR days in HRD, performance, leadership development and training. Most of my ER learning comes from this site and some voluntary work I do...!

    But thanks for the explanation - that makes sense. :)
    KiKi
    LOL, as someone who does virtually the same job, I thought the exact same thing. In fact I'm fairly sure that the training agreements in place with those undertaking training in my last role were applications and not signed training agreements with the claw back clause in place yet they still clawed back. Mm, fishy!
  • watpoae
    watpoae Posts: 99 Forumite
    SarEl wrote: »
    I'm sorry. But you were quick to "judge" and "presume" that your personal view of the employer made some difference to your situation, which is why you added a whole load of stuff that had no relevance to a query about a legal agreement that you signed and went into with your eyes wide open. Isn't it calling the kettle back to suggest that others shouldn't have some comment on it?

    Not really, no. I was after information, not judgements.
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